You may want to consider pursuing a 2 year degree at a community or technical college. Many have tuition that is free or nearly free to many applicants. Get your 2 year Associates Degree and then apply to a school to finish out your 4 year degree. However, it is possible that not all of your community college credits would transfer, so you would need to research this at both your community college and the 4-year school you think to finish up at. There may be city or state schools that could help you in Connecticut as well. I wish I knew more about that state. I also don’t know about whether community college credits could be applied towards an ABET AACSB degree (not sure what the late is). Just avoid taking out loans to pay for tuition at any for-profit schools. Good luck!